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NYASALAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Synonyms:
Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Nyasaland"):
Blantyre (city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi)
capital of Malawi; Lilongwe (the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi)
Zomba (a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971)
Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)
Meronyms (members of "Nyasaland"):
Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
Malawian (a native or inhabitant of Malawi)
Holonyms ("Nyasaland" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
